Mega Cab is immediately recognizable as a Dodge Ram. The starting point for the Mega Cab is the Ram 2500 long box. The body has been lengthened by 20″ and the pickup box shortened by 20”. Those twenty inches of space have been filled with two full-size doors with full size rear seats and folding seatbacks. When you see the Quad Cab and the Mega Cab side-by-side, you’ll notice a considerable difference in the size of the cabs particularly from the B-pillar aft. The Mega Cab’s rear doors are 10 inches longer than the Quad’s. From a front view the easiest way to tell ‘06 models from the ‘05 is by checking out the Ram insignia. On the ‘05, it’s mounted on the hood; while on the ‘06 it’s been moved south and now resides mid-grill.The standard wheels and tires barely register in the huge trapezoidal wheel wells. Which gives the Mega Cab a gawky kid-in-flood-pants look. It shouldn’t be allowed off the showroom floor without bigger wheels and tires.

The Ram Mega Cab is available in 1500, 2500 and 3500 (dually) models. All are built on the Ram heavy-duty platform. Two trim levels – SLT and Laramie – are available with all three models.

Although the Mega Cab is marketed as a working truck, the targeted buyer appears to be a lifestyle-oriented, 40-something professional who’s going to use his vehicle as a mobile office weekdays and for recreation weekends. It’s available with all the upscale features you’d have found only on a luxury vehicle a few years ago, including a DVD entertainment system, power sliding rear window and SIRIUS satellite radio.

The cabin is absolutely immense. row legroom is a limo-like 44.2″. For what has to be a first in the pickup market this year, the rear seatback recline`s up to 37 degrees.

The rear doors open 85 degrees. The split 60/40 rear seatback can be folded down and forward with one very simple motion. The carrying space this creates has to be seen to be believed. Dodge claims 72.2 cubic feet of interior cargo volume.

There’s also lots of lockable space inside the cab including a huge flat console space between the front seats that can serve as a table for a laptop. A flat folding armrest between the two rear seats can also serves the same purposes.